Supreme Court Gives Airlines Wide Security Discretion

Dismisses a Pilot's Defamation Suit

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday gave airlines wide leeway to report potential security threats, dismissing a pilot's lawsuit alleging that his employer defamed him by telling the Transportation Security Administration he could be armed and mentally unstable.

"Congress wanted to ensure that air carriers and their employees would not hesitate to provide the TSA with the information it needed," Justice Sonia Sotomayor...